SDA Hymnal 194
Sing We of the Modern City
Words: Fred H. KaanMusic: George Henry Day
1Sing we of the modern city,
Scene alike of joy and stress;
Sing we of its nameless people
In their urban wilderness.
RefrainInto endless rows of houses
Christ has shown, beyond statistics,
Human life with glory crowned.
Life expressed in human beings
Daily born and growing old.
Life expressed in human beings
Daily born and growing old.
In the bustle of the city
Jesus Christ is every man.
By His timeless presence proving
People matter, people count!
2In the city full of people,
World of speed and hectic days,
In the everchanging setting
Of the latest trend and craze,
3God is not remote in heaven,
But on earth to share our shame,
Changing graph and mass and number
Into persons with a name.
- Words
- Fred H. Kaan
- Music
- George Henry Day
© 1968 Hope Publishing Co., Carol Stream, IL 60188. All rights reserved. Used by permission.
The verse
- Meter
- 8.7.8.7
- Foot
- trochaic (DUM-da) · 73% of beats fit
- Rhyme
- ABCB
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